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Grew"; "Far Away Places"; "My Own Bit of Land." Home: Forest Hills, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Whitson, Beth Slater, author; b. Goodrich, Tenn., Dec. 1, 1879; d. Nashville, Tenn., April 26, 1930. ASCAP 1950. Educ: Centerville, Tenn.; private and public schools; George Peabody College, Nashville. Began writing verse at age of seven, 1900-1907 wrote verse for magazines. Songs: "Let Me Call You Sweetheart"; "Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland"; "Don't Wake Up—I'm Dreaming"; "When the One You Love Forgets You"; "Say But It's Lonesome Kid"; "Leaf By Leaf the Roses Fall"; **When tne Roses of Summer Have Gone." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Wick, Otto, composer, conductor; b. Krefeld, Germany, July 8, 1885. ASCAP 1944. Educ.: Gymnasium and Real-Gymnasium, Krefeld, Germany; theory and harmony, Prof. Panzer, Duesseldorf; choral literature, Prof. .Mathieu Newmann, Duesseldorf; •conducting and orchestration, August .Dechant, Kiel; counterpoint and ^composition, Prof. Hermann Stange, Univ. of Kiel; composition and con-• ducting W. Safonoff, Philharmonic Society, New York; harp, Prof. Alfred Holy# Boston Symph. Doctor of Music N.Y. Coll. of Music. To U.S. 1905. Conducting orchestras, New York 1910-24; 1920-21 conducting Manhattan Opera House, New York; 1921-24 musical director New York Liederkranz Soc.; guest conductor opera, symphony, in Europe, composer, conductor, arranger N.B.C., New York 1928-31; organized and conducted New York Orch. 1931-35; 1936-42 organized and conducted Southwest Festival Assoc., San Antonio, Texas; 1938-42, dean of Music, Univ. of San Antonio; 1939-46 musical director San Antonio Civic Opera Co. and Easter Sunrise Association. Works, opera The Lone Star; music |
drama Matasuntha; light operr Moon Maid; operetta For Art's Sake; Symphonic Poem; Symphony Fantasy; Suite for String Orchestra and Harp; cantata Temples of Peshawur for soli, mixed chorus and orchestra ($500 prize comp. Lake Placid Educ. Foundation); Cycle of Songs, Seasons, Trilogy for Symphonic Orch., Montezuma (first movement, Quetzal Journey, won first prize Texas Fed. of Music Clubs; second movement, Gulf of Mexico performed by Houston Symphony). Home: San Antonio, Texas. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Wiedoeft, Rudy, composer, saxophonist; b. Detroit, Mich., Jan. 3, 1893; d. Flushing, N.Y., Feb. 18, 1940. ASCAP 1929. Of musical family, at eleven became clarinetist in father's professional orchestra. Pioneer in the introduction of the saxophone into modern orchestration, modernized design ot saxophone and became professional. Many pupils including Hubert Prior Vallee, who adopted teacher's given name. To New York in early twenties where he remained until his death (except brief residence in Calif.). Composed many works for saxophone, including Saxophobia. Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Wiest, George D., composer; b. Baltimore, Md., Sept. 5, 1897. ASCAP 1942. Educ.: Baltimore City College. Wrote and directed New York musical shows Padlocks of 1929, Flashes of the Great White Way, World of Pleasure. Writer and musical director radio shows. Songs: "When I Went Around with Mary"; "I Love My Mother-in-Law"; "I Don't Believe It"; "I Love Those Singing Mice"; "Yes Pappy, Yes"; 'Spring in the Valley"; "Why Do They Call Them Funnies"; "Little Red Riding Hood is a Grown Up Lady Now?; ' A Plate of Spaghetti and You"; "If It Never Happens Again"; "The Man with the |
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